Re: apache2 what is the standard way to enable modules?

2014-09-12 Thread Raffaele Morelli
On 11/09/14 at 03:04pm, Harry Putnam wrote: > Raffaele Morelli writes: > > > [...] > > >> Thanks for the push... Tinkering with your suggestion lead me to read > >> the `LoadModule' lines on the files in mods-available. > >> > >> The line in cgi.load: > >> LoadModule cgi_module /usr/lib/apach

Re: Update issue

2014-09-12 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 01:22:29AM -0400, Björn Djisktra wrote: > I just got one question: how do I update my debian lenny 5.0 (lenny) > system? I was searching the information at debian.org, but I don't get > it. Please help me with this. Thanks. Put this in your /etc/apt/sources.list deb http:/

Problems with lilypond-doc

2014-09-12 Thread james McNamara
Me too, same prob as Joao Roscoe

Flightgear

2014-09-12 Thread David Baron
This has a huge amount of data, 1.5 gig. It is not possible to install on using partitions set up by Debian installer. An alternative installation modus for Flightgear is in order, however. There is no need for that data to fill up /usr or to install in one go and run out of /var space. Whole b

Re: Update issue

2014-09-12 Thread Darac Marjal
On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 01:22:29AM -0400, Björn Djisktra wrote: > I just got one question: how do I update my debian lenny 5.0 (lenny) > system? I was searching the information at debian.org, but I don't get > it. Please help me with this. Thanks. This page https://www.debian.org/releases/squeeze/

Re: /etc/hosts format WAS [Re: host hostname not found]

2014-09-12 Thread Brian
On Fri 12 Sep 2014 at 06:34:58 +0400, Reco wrote: > On Thu, 11 Sep 2014 23:03:25 +0100 > Brian wrote: > > > > If the local hostname is always resolvable by a 127.0.1.1 line in > > /etc/hosts or the machine is unlikely to dynamically change its hostname > > libnss-myhostname probably can be purge

Multiple Video Drivers

2014-09-12 Thread David Baron
Had my old 32-bit configuration lilo boot-selectable between Nouveau and Nvidia drivers using nomodeset command. An init script detected presence or absence of nomodeset, and exchanged xorg.conf files, was set to be run before any Xorg. My new 64bit has the defaulted Nouveau which is just fine f

eeepc-acpi-scripts - trying to fix

2014-09-12 Thread Hans
Hi folks, as the package eeepc-acpi-scripts is no more maintained, I am trying to fix some bugs for myself. However, I think I will need your help, as I am not much experienced in coding. Mostly, I need someone expert, whom I may ask some questions, so that I understand, how the scripts are

need Partition utility and Mdadm gui.

2014-09-12 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
i need a utility that looks like the one which we normally see during the debian installation. or can i call that utility after the installation from CLI. Secondly, i also need to perform remote RAID related tasks with GUI utility. like replacing the disk, and attaching the new one and all admin r

Re: need Partition utility and Mdadm gui.

2014-09-12 Thread Hans
Am Freitag, 12. September 2014, 16:51:49 schrieb Muhammad Yousuf Khan: > i need a utility that looks like the one which we normally see during the > debian installation. > or can i call that utility after the installation from CLI. > > Secondly, i also need to perform remote RAID related tasks wit

Re: Multiple Video Drivers

2014-09-12 Thread Darac Marjal
On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 01:50:06PM +0300, David Baron wrote: > Had my old 32-bit configuration lilo boot-selectable between Nouveau and > Nvidia > drivers using nomodeset command. An init script detected presence or absence > of nomodeset, and exchanged xorg.conf files, was set to be run before

Re: Re: "no soundcards found" after Debian upgrade

2014-09-12 Thread Menashè Eliezer
Thanks Raffaele, My version of libpam-systemd is the latest available: 208-8. The bug you've mentioned was fixed in version 204-8. I've noticed that pulseaudio is missing from the bin folder, even though aptitude says it's installed. It must be connected to my attempts to resolve sound problem

Re: "no soundcards found" after Debian upgrade

2014-09-12 Thread Raffaele Morelli
On 12/09/14 at 02:16pm, Menashè Eliezer wrote: > Thanks Raffaele, > My version of libpam-systemd is the latest available: 208-8. The bug you've > mentioned was fixed in version 204-8. > > I've noticed that pulseaudio is missing from the bin folder, even though > aptitude says it's installed. > It

Re: Best way to "pin" a kernel

2014-09-12 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 08:27:46AM -0700, Matt Ventura wrote: > Quick question: I want Debian to not switch Grub2 to a new kernel > when I update > it, since I have a custom kernel on a particular machine. When I > install a new > kernel from apt, I don't want to immediately use it. What's the > cl

Re: Query about existence of way to free up unnecessary RAM usage

2014-09-12 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 05:07:32PM +, Curt wrote: > Then why do the (net)installer(s) apply an obsolete principle when you > accept a/the default partioning scheme(s) (well, at least the Squeeze > netinstaller I used way back when did so). Possibly because nobody has stepped up to write a new

Re: Query about existence of way to free up unnecessary RAM usage

2014-09-12 Thread The Wanderer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 09/10/2014 at 04:00 AM, Bret Busby wrote: > On 10/09/2014, B wrote: > >> On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 03:30:40 +0800 Bret Busby >> wrote: >> >>> Alright, then; it is doing token swapping - with 99% of 16GB >>> memory usage, and, swapping only 4%

preseeding: disable systemd

2014-09-12 Thread Martin Vegter
hello, when installing Jessie, systemd is installed as default init. Is it possible to use preseeding to override this, so that systemd will not be installed? PS: I know that it is possible to override default boot loader (grub) and install lilo instead. I am looking for something similar for in

need suggestion on Virtualization backup/DR site.

2014-09-12 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
Dear All, we are planning to rent a new server with RAID1 in the cloud and the purpose of this server will be Qemu KVM virtualization. everything is fine but the show stopper is Disaster recovery Site. i think of 4 options and all of them are not upto my requirement and limits. 1st, Option was D

Re: need suggestion on Virtualization backup/DR site.

2014-09-12 Thread Bzzzz
On Fri, 12 Sep 2014 18:58:48 +0500 Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: I would use backuppc through ssh with the rsync method; this way, your VM would be fully reconstructible, band width wouldn't be clobbered and backup(s) wouldn't take much place. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@list

Re: Re: "no soundcards found" after Debian upgrade

2014-09-12 Thread Menashè Eliezer
snd-hda-intel is already at /etc/modules-load.d/modules.conf -- With kind regards, Menashè -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/541303b0.4040...@ogs.trie

Re: Making keyboard remap changes permanent without reboot.

2014-09-12 Thread Alexandros Prekates
On Thu, 11 Sep 2014 12:20:35 +0100 Brian wrote: > On Wed 10 Sep 2014 at 20:02:04 +0300, Alexandros Prekates wrote: > > > My system is Debian stable with xfce. > > > > Wanting to swap CAPSLOCK with CONTROL i > > changed /etc/default/keyboard and following debian wiki page on > > keyboard i execu

Re: Making keyboard remap changes permanent without reboot.

2014-09-12 Thread Bzzzz
On Fri, 12 Sep 2014 17:48:50 +0300 Alexandros Prekates wrote: > You are right. With fvwm the new settings are active all time. > With the default xfce window manager the settings are lost after some > time. Even if i reboot /etc/default/keyboard changes wont hold! > So i guess its an xfce's xfwm

Re: Re: Re: "no soundcards found" after Debian upgrade

2014-09-12 Thread Menashè Eliezer
Just adding information about the current status, after loading manually snd-hda-intel: 1. The main volume control of xfce has no effect. I need to use the Audio Mixer for controlling the volume. 2. There is no sound capture device. Jack and usb michrophones are not detected (even though I s

Re: Making keyboard remap changes permanent without reboot.

2014-09-12 Thread Alexandros Prekates
On Thu, 11 Sep 2014 02:09:20 +0300 Alexandros Prekates wrote: > > I found the same problem mentioned here: > > xkb (setxkbmap & xmodmap) forget their setting within minutes > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1963372 > > > Alexandros Prekates > http://librebytes.gr > > > Also i

Stuck at "Loading second stage bootstrap"

2014-09-12 Thread bruno evangelista
Gentleman, My computer accepted the installation of "Debian Jessie" and at the end of the installation once the computer tray automatically opened I took the DVD out as the iso file requested. After that I clicked on "Continue" and the computer shut down and automatically restarted and s

Re: Query about existence of way to free up unnecessary RAM usage

2014-09-12 Thread Bret Busby
On 12/09/2014, The Wanderer wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA512 > > On 09/10/2014 at 04:00 AM, Bret Busby wrote: > >> On 10/09/2014, B wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 03:30:40 +0800 Bret Busby >>> wrote: >>> Alright, then; it is doing token swapping - with 99% o

Re: preseeding: disable systemd

2014-09-12 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 12.09.2014 15:30, schrieb Martin Vegter: > hello, > > when installing Jessie, systemd is installed as default init. > > Is it possible to use preseeding to override this, so that systemd will > not be installed? No, this is currently not possible. -- Why is it that all of the instruments s

Re: Query about existence of way to free up unnecessary RAM usage

2014-09-12 Thread Curt
On 2014-09-12, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > > Possibly because nobody has stepped up to write a new algorithm. > Seems more like simple multiplication than algorithmic calculation to me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Co

Re: preseeding: disable systemd

2014-09-12 Thread Brian
On Fri 12 Sep 2014 at 15:30:44 +0200, Martin Vegter wrote: > when installing Jessie, systemd is installed as default init. > > Is it possible to use preseeding to override this, so that systemd will > not be installed? No. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with

Re: preseeding: disable systemd

2014-09-12 Thread Erwan David
Le 12/09/2014 18:35, Michael Biebl a écrit : > Am 12.09.2014 15:30, schrieb Martin Vegter: >> hello, >> >> when installing Jessie, systemd is installed as default init. >> >> Is it possible to use preseeding to override this, so that systemd will >> not be installed? > No, this is currently not pos

Re: preseeding: disable systemd

2014-09-12 Thread Iain M Conochie
On 12/09/14 17:35, Michael Biebl wrote: Am 12.09.2014 15:30, schrieb Martin Vegter: hello, when installing Jessie, systemd is installed as default init. Is it possible to use preseeding to override this, so that systemd will not be installed? No, this is currently not possible. Oh really?

Re: Problems with lilypond-doc

2014-09-12 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 11 Sep 2014, Joao Roscoe wrote: > I tried updating my jessie system, and lilypond-doc upgrade failed: This is #758787 which is fixed in unstable, but the migration to testing is currently blocked by #760794. -- Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com I leave the s

Re: preseeding: disable systemd

2014-09-12 Thread Brian
On Fri 12 Sep 2014 at 18:52:02 +0200, Erwan David wrote: > Let the discourse be clear. And let any advocacy arguments not be in a thread which is intended to help a user. The "brasero requires gvfs" thread has been infested with such arguments. Please take such discussion there. -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: Issues upgrading Wheezy --> Jessie (was ... Re: brasero requires gvfs)

2014-09-12 Thread Slavko
Ahoj, Dňa Thu, 11 Sep 2014 20:15:59 +0200 lee napísal: > Supporting systemd violates Debians' social contract. Can you be more verbose about this, please? Why? How? By what? regards -- Slavko http://slavino.sk signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Problems with lilypond-doc

2014-09-12 Thread Joao Roscoe
OK, it is a matter of time, then. Meanwhile, is there any workaround tha will allow me to keep updating my system? João Em 12/09/2014 14:36, "Don Armstrong" escreveu: > On Thu, 11 Sep 2014, Joao Roscoe wrote: > > I tried updating my jessie system, and lilypond-doc upgrade failed: > > This is #75

Re: preseeding: disable systemd

2014-09-12 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 12.09.2014 18:55, schrieb Iain M Conochie: > If you want the preseed file that built this VM I can email it to you. > I will, of course, take out any sensitive info with suggestions for > replacements I assume you used a post-install hook to uninstall systemd and install sysvinit-core? This i

Re: preseeding: disable systemd

2014-09-12 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 12.09.2014 18:52, schrieb Erwan David: > Le 12/09/2014 18:35, Michael Biebl a écrit : >> Am 12.09.2014 15:30, schrieb Martin Vegter: >>> hello, >>> >>> when installing Jessie, systemd is installed as default init. >>> >>> Is it possible to use preseeding to override this, so that systemd will >>

Re: need suggestion on Virtualization backup/DR site.

2014-09-12 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
@B please ignore my first message i forgot to add the list. Thanks for the input i really appreciate that. but i have a confusion to clear. if i use direct rsync and rsync with Backuppc what is the difference? actually i am asking because i and the software both use same utility then what is

Re: preseeding: disable systemd

2014-09-12 Thread Erwan David
Le 12/09/2014 19:25, Brian a écrit : > On Fri 12 Sep 2014 at 18:52:02 +0200, Erwan David wrote: > >> Let the discourse be clear. > And let any advocacy arguments not be in a thread which is intended to > help a user. The "brasero requires gvfs" thread has been infested with > such arguments. Please

Re: Query about existence of way to free up unnecessary RAM usage

2014-09-12 Thread The Wanderer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 09/12/2014 at 12:25 PM, Bret Busby wrote: > On 12/09/2014, The Wanderer wrote: > >> On 09/10/2014 at 04:00 AM, Bret Busby wrote: >>> I had understood the rule to be that swap space size should be >>> at least double the size of the RAM. >> >

Re: preseeding: disable systemd

2014-09-12 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 12.09.2014 19:37, schrieb Michael Biebl: > Am 12.09.2014 18:55, schrieb Iain M Conochie: >> If you want the preseed file that built this VM I can email it to you. >> I will, of course, take out any sensitive info with suggestions for >> replacements > > I assume you used a post-install hook t

Re: Best way to "pin" a kernel

2014-09-12 Thread Matt Ventura
I'm just doing 'make deb-pkg' on the kernel, and installing the resulting package. From what I can tell, update-grub isn't treating it special in any way, just picking the highest-numbered kernel. It looks like my best bet is to probably change the behavior in the 10_linux script to only choose f

Re: preseeding: disable systemd

2014-09-12 Thread Iain M Conochie
On 12/09/14 18:37, Michael Biebl wrote: Am 12.09.2014 18:55, schrieb Iain M Conochie: If you want the preseed file that built this VM I can email it to you. I will, of course, take out any sensitive info with suggestions for replacements I assume you used a post-install hook to uninstall sy

Re: Problems with lilypond-doc

2014-09-12 Thread Brian
On Fri 12 Sep 2014 at 14:52:25 -0300, Joao Roscoe wrote: > OK, it is a matter of time, then. Meanwhile, is there any workaround tha > will allow me to keep updating my system? Before upgrading: apt-get purge lilypond-doc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with

Re: /etc/hosts format WAS [Re: host hostname not found]

2014-09-12 Thread Reco
Hi. On Fri, 12 Sep 2014 11:23:56 +0100 Brian wrote: > > 'Purged' implies one installed libnss-myhostname in the first place. > > And libnss-myhostname does more than merely match a local hostname to > > 127.0.1.1. For example, it 'helpfully' mathes FQDN hostname with > > 127.0.1.1, and also doe

Re: need suggestion on Virtualization backup/DR site.

2014-09-12 Thread Bzzzz
On Fri, 12 Sep 2014 22:57:57 +0500 Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > Thanks for the input i really appreciate that. but i have a confusion > to clear. if i use direct rsync and rsync with Backuppc what is the > difference? First, backups are nightly compressed and same files are hardlinked, so keepi

Re: /etc/hosts format WAS [Re: host hostname not found]

2014-09-12 Thread Joe
On Fri, 12 Sep 2014 22:29:22 +0400 Reco wrote: > > If one as perfectly valid (which seem to be a direct consequence of > #247734) /etc/hosts with the following values: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost > 127.0.1.1 > Just to throw another log on the fire: I recently acquired a Windows 8 laptop (don't

Re: preseeding: disable systemd

2014-09-12 Thread Iain M Conochie
On 12/09/14 18:54, Michael Biebl wrote: Am 12.09.2014 19:37, schrieb Michael Biebl: Am 12.09.2014 18:55, schrieb Iain M Conochie: If you want the preseed file that built this VM I can email it to you. I will, of course, take out any sensitive info with suggestions for replacements I assume

Re: preseeding: disable systemd

2014-09-12 Thread Martin Vegter
> On 09/12/2014 09:56 PM, Michael Biebl wrote: > Am 12.09.2014 15:30, schrieb Martin Vegter: >> hello, >> >> when installing Jessie, systemd is installed as default init. >> >> Is it possible to use preseeding to override this, so that systemd will >> not be installed? > > Any specific reason, why

Re: How does exec work with systemd?

2014-09-12 Thread Jonathan de Boyne Pollard
Cam Hutchison: > I've been using runit for some time, which is a clone of daemontools runit is not a clone of daemontools. s6 (http://skarnet.org/software/s6/) is much like daemontools, with some extensions. It has the s6-svscan, s6-svscanctl, s6-supervise, s6-svc, s6-svok, s6-svstat, s6-tai64nl

Brother color laser MFC [was: Re: (HP's) Buggy power]

2014-09-12 Thread ken
On 09/11/2014 10:25 AM Robert Heller wrote: At Thu, 11 Sep 2014 08:51:59 -0400 CentOS mailing list wrote: On 09/10/2014 08:46 AM Bonno Bloksma wrote: Hi, In need of a new printer, having done a bit or research, and considering either the Canon PIXMA mg5420 or the HP Photo Smart 7520.

Re: /etc/hosts format WAS [Re: host hostname not found]

2014-09-12 Thread Brian
On Fri 12 Sep 2014 at 22:29:22 +0400, Reco wrote: > On Fri, 12 Sep 2014 11:23:56 +0100 > Brian wrote: > > > > But the most interesting is why there's a need for the whole library to > > > do the job if a couple of lines in /etc/hosts would do the job just > > > fine. > > > > A few posts back in

Re: /etc/hosts format WAS [Re: host hostname not found]

2014-09-12 Thread Brian
On Fri 12 Sep 2014 at 22:29:22 +0400, Reco wrote: > On Fri, 12 Sep 2014 11:23:56 +0100 > Brian wrote: > > > DNSSD is the *only* method for printer discovery with cups-daemon in > > Jessie. > > Oh, that changes things somewhat as I didn't know that. May need to > research the motivation of CUPS

Re: preseeding: disable systemd

2014-09-12 Thread Brian
On Fri 12 Sep 2014 at 22:10:28 +0200, Martin Vegter wrote: > I read somewhere that Jessie will still support the old SysVinit (even > if it's not the default init). I intend to use Debian as long as I can > avoid using systemd. After installation you definitely need to do: apt-get install sysv

Re: Making keyboard remap changes permanent without reboot.

2014-09-12 Thread Alexandros Prekates
On Fri, 12 Sep 2014 16:59:30 +0200 B wrote: > On Fri, 12 Sep 2014 17:48:50 +0300 > Alexandros Prekates wrote: > > > You are right. With fvwm the new settings are active all time. > > With the default xfce window manager the settings are lost after > > some time. Even if i reboot /etc/defaul

Re: Is there any documentation on how to configure the Gnome Desktop environment?

2014-09-12 Thread Rick Thomas
On 09/11/14 05:10, Jape Person wrote: On 09/11/2014 02:35 AM, Rick Thomas wrote: In particular, I’m interested in getting Gnome under Jessie to use a terminal program that isn’t gnome-terminal. Anybody know how to do that? TLDNR: Gnome terminal, apparently, is broken if you use the “C” local

Re: Making keyboard remap changes permanent without reboot.

2014-09-12 Thread Bzzzz
On Sat, 13 Sep 2014 01:53:57 +0300 Alexandros Prekates wrote: > I checked slim's log , xorg's log and . .xsessions_error > > No luck. But i think i narrowed the failure trigger to the instant > screensaver starts executing. Check also dmesg|less, /var/log/messages, Xorg.0.log, daemons, etc.

Re: Is there any documentation on how to configure the Gnome Desktop environment?

2014-09-12 Thread Rick Thomas
On 09/11/14 06:14, Brian wrote: On Wed 10 Sep 2014 at 23:35:53 -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: In particular, I’m interested in getting Gnome under Jessie to use a terminal program that isn’t gnome-terminal. Activities -> Show Applications -> Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts Custom Shortcuts -> N

Re: Is there any documentation on how to configure the Gnome Desktop environment?

2014-09-12 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 04:35:05PM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > > On 09/11/14 06:14, Brian wrote: > >On Wed 10 Sep 2014 at 23:35:53 -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > > > >>In particular, I’m interested in getting Gnome under Jessie to use a > >>terminal program that isn’t gnome-terminal. > >Activities ->

Mails & mails

2014-09-12 Thread Björn Djisktra
Guyz, Stop re-directed mails to my address.

Re: The Fine Art of Making a Bootable Drive; more

2014-09-12 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 8/13/14, Martin G. McCormick wrote: > I am the one who posted stating that I can't seem to make a > bootable new hard drive for my Linux Squeeze system. It's been > quoted, "It ain't what you don't know that will hurt you, but > what you know that just ain't so." I think I am in that > territor

Re: Mails & mails

2014-09-12 Thread Björn Djisktra
Is this gonna work? Please, help. algorithm 10.6 type array [1..1000] of integer: arr var arr : a, b, c, d integer : I, J, K, M, n, aux, low, upp, central, cont, big, f_n, num boolean : flag begin do read (n) while (n <= 0) OR (n > 1000) for I <- (1 to n) do: repeat read (a [I]) until (a [I] > 0

Re: need suggestion on Virtualization backup/DR site.

2014-09-12 Thread Jonathan Dowland
Don't replicate the VMs. Have separate VMs built using the same configuration. Use a configuration management solution (e.g. puppet) to define the configuration of your VMs. Replicate *data* instead. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe

Re: preseeding: disable systemd

2014-09-12 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 06:52:02PM +0200, Erwan David wrote: > So systemld is not *default* init system, but *compulsory* > > Let the discourse be clear. More accurate would be that currently, it is not possible to preseed a testing or unstable system without systemd. This might be fixed by the t

Re: preseeding: disable systemd

2014-09-12 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 07:02:06PM +0100, Iain M Conochie wrote: > Not at all. This is a basic preseed file I was using for wheezy installs. I > am testing it again on a new VM - gimmie an hour or so and I will post the > results The one you posted was exactly that - a late_command to manually swi